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Jamestown 

Aeronautical Congress 

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 
April 26 to November 30 

1907 





Issued by Department of 
Congresses and Special Events 
Jamestown Exposition 


Address all correspondence to 
12 East 42nd Street 
NEW YORK 
















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THE PROGRAM OF AERONAUTICS 
AT THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION 


Benjamin Franklin said of the attempts to solve the problem of 
aerial navigation, while watching the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 sail 
away in their hot air balloon, “It is an infant, but it will grow.” The 
management of the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition declare that 
aeronautics has grown and that it deserves a house of its own. They 
have erected a building devoted exclusively to this subject, and by 
every means at their command will promote its development at the 
Exposition. They offer trophies to be won, free transportation of 
contestants and material,* and free hydrogen and coal gas for balloons 
and dirigible air ships. 

More exhibits of aeroplanes, helicopteres and flapping-wing ma¬ 
chines will be shown than at any previous Exposition; these are so¬ 
licited. Those passed upon and accepted by the Exhibit Committee 
will be carried both ways at the Exposition’s expense, and awards will 
be given for the most original, practical and novel designs shown by 
inventors. A most complete and exhaustive record of the progress 
(reproduced in models) made since the first effort of the Montgolfier 
brothers, will afford an opportunity for those interested to acquaint 
themselves with the best as well as the most recent developments of 
this science. 

Aeronautical competitions of every nature and description will be 
held and entries will be received until fifteen (15) days before each 
event. Enough entries have been received at the present time to 
assure these contests being an unqualified success, and all individuals 
taking part should make their intention known at the earliest possible 
date, that arrangements may be made for the satisfactory conduct of 
the competitions. 

An Aeronautical Congress will be convened on Oct. 24th, 1907, 
and on succeeding days in the Auditorium on the Exposition grounds, 
to which scientific men, and noted experimenters from all parts of 
this country and abroad have been invited to attend and read papers. 
This Congress will be of the utmost importance and it is hoped an 
epoch maker in the development of aerial navigation. 

The sporting side of the question will not be neglected, and the 
auditors will listen to the recitals of the competitors, who will repre¬ 
sent the Aero Clubs of America and the Aero Clubs of Europe in the 
great International Balloon Race for the James Gordon Bennett Cup 
at St. Louis, on October 19th, 1907. Persons desiring to be present in 
the Auditorium should make application for seats beforehand. 

Those desiring to take part in the competitions or to exhibit their 
inventions in the Aeronautical Building, should apply for an entry 
blank, for the rules and regulations governing the various competi¬ 
tions, and for a letter of instruction to the freight or express agent in 
their locality, and carefully carry out the following directions: 





All cases, boxes or packages should be given a series and serial 
number. Example: Suppose you have five boxes, cases or packages 
and your name was John Doe and your special mark a circle, your 
marks and numbers would be as follows on the five boxes, etc.: 



showing that there were five boxes shipped. 

The bill of lading should clearly show all of these marks and 
numbers, and they should be stencilled on two or more sides of each 
case, together with the initial and particular mark, in order to ensure 
their arrival at their proper destination. 

This is in addition to the regular shipping labels sent out by this 
Bureau. The weight of each case should also be stencilled on. One 
copy of the bill of lading should be sent to this office. This bill of 
lading will be one in excess of the usual number asked for from the 
transportation company. 

An invoice of each case should be made separately, numbered, for¬ 
warded and sent to the undersigned. In addition to the competitions 
referred to, the Exposition authorities have arranged for a series of 
sensational and novel aerial exploits, and will be glad to gain knowl¬ 
edge of anything remarkable in this line. 

It is hoped that as a result of the study of the various suggestions 
offered for the solution of the problem of flight by “heavier than air” 
machines, that such a machine will be invented and experimented with 
on the Exposition grounds, where ample facilities and encouragement 
will be offered to all inventors. 

ISRAEL LUDLOW, 

Superintendent Bureau of Aeronautics. 



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Recent Progress in Aeronautics 


: : : By Carl Dienstbach : : ; 

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The two recent World’s Fairs, in St. Louis and Milan, bear testi¬ 
mony to the fact that the art of navigating the air is already recog¬ 
nized as one of the greatest triumphs of human ingenuity. 

The character and “atmosphere” of the location of the James¬ 
town Ter-Centennial Exposition having given special prominence In 
the scope of that great celebration of momentous historical events to 
naval, military and sporting matters, it became then almost a duty 
to its organizers to provide for a more significant representation of 
modern aeronautics than prevailed at any previous occasion of the 
kind. 

There are, moreover, recent developments which seem to make 
this in fact the “psychological moment” when the full and true im¬ 
portance of the subject might be brought home to the public at large. 

The Aero Club of America has, during its short existence, already 
done great things in encouraging helpful co-operation among the ex¬ 
cellent American inventors in the field and educating the public by 
its first two annual shows; and also fostering the fascinating and in¬ 
structive sport of modern ballooning on this side of the ocean. 

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin has just succeeded in prefecting a 
real “ship of the air,” a gigantic, yet staunch, structure, supported by 
the buoyancy of hydrogen but nearly independent from the influence 
of the sun’s radiation or any other feature of the weather, practically 
safe from gas losses (no internal pressure and novel material) and 
capable of traveling at a relative speed of 34 miles an hour against 
any wind that is not a hurricane, to cover the greater part of a thou¬ 
sand miles on one load of fuel and to transport ten passengers. Not 
to mention the fleet of motor driven gas bags in France, Germany and 
elsewhere which have done exceedingly well, though not coming up 
to such a standard. 

Alberto Santos-Dumont has been publicly carried through the 
air for a distance of some 300 yards by a bird-like flying machine, 
with no other support than the power of its own motor, before a com¬ 
mittee of scientists and a large crowd of spectators in Paris. 

The brothers Orville and Wilbur .Wright, however, have, semi- 
publicly, so far, brought a similar machine during three years of 
careful, practical trials to such a state of higher perfection that in 
the end they were able to steer it, near Dayton, Ohio, in calm air 
as well as in high winds, in flights of over 20 miles in length, and at 
a speed of fully 40 miles an hour before a goodly number of wit¬ 
nesses, including men whose word cannot be doubted. 





Both of these machines belong to the “aeroplane” type—they 
principally consist of enormous “wings,” which are, however, not 
flapped, but held rigid and driven ahead by motors and propellers. 
Being slightly tilted up in front, they develop a very considerable 
lifting force, but it becomes very difficult to keep them on an even 
keel by means of rudders, etc. 

Of all these actual events the mere possibility was, until quite 
recently, denied—not only by the public at large, but also by certain 
scientists. As they have in turn led to large sums of money being 
offered as prizes for specified performances of flying apparatus, prac¬ 
tical aerial navigation may now be said to be indeed fairly launched. 

But the purely sporting side of the subject for which the ordi¬ 
nary drifting balloon is as yet generally considered the most satis¬ 
factory instrument will likewise call just now for special attention. 

Through the winning of the first great Gordon-Bennett Interna¬ 
tional Aeronautic Cup Race by an American this most prominent event 

in international aeronautics has for this year been transferred to the 
American air. 

Nothing could serve better to awaken the true appreciation of 
the possibilities of aerial travel on this side of the ocean than receiv¬ 
ing as the guests of the Nation the great masters of an art which is 
so highly perfected in Europe. They will bring along at the same 
time a broader view of future developments, and their presence at 
the Jamestown Exposition may lend increased significance to what is 
expected to happen above old Hampton Roads, that starting point 
par excellence for new epochs. 

CARL DIENSTBACH. 






No. 1. 

No. 2. 
No. 3. 
No. 4. 
No. 5. 
No. 6. 
No. 7. 
No. 8. 

No. 9. 

No. 10. 

No. 11. 
No. 12. 

No. 13. 
No. 14. 
No. 15. 
No. 16. 
No. 17. 

No. 18. 
No. 19. 
No. 20. 

No. 21. 

No. 22. 
No. 23. 
No. 24. 

No. 25. 


AERONAUTICAL COMPETITIONS, 
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION 

Special Race limited to members representing recognized 
Aero Clubs of North America, for Club championship, 
May 4th. 

Dirigible balloon competition, June 1st. 

Competiton of balloons for distance, June 15th. 

Competition of balloons for duration, Aug. 3d. 

Competition of balloons for objective point, Sept. 7th. 

Competition of balloons for altitude, Nov. 16th. 

Competition of balloons in pursuit of pilot balloon, Aug. 17th. 

Competition of carrier pigeons. Flight from Aeronautical 
Concourse, Exposition Grounds, May 18th. 

Simultaneous release of large number of small balloons 
carrying messages, May 18th. 

Flying devices heavier than air, with motor and operator, 
Sept. 14th. 

Flying machine models with motor, Aug. 24th. 

Flying machine models without motor, and carrying oper¬ 
ator, Sept. 14 th. 

Kites for altitudes, Nov. 2d. 

Kites for steepest angle of flight, Nov. 9th. 

Kites carrying operators, Nov. 16th. 

Registering balloons, July 13th. 

Competition of balloons and automobiles. (Date to be co¬ 
incident with the arrival of the Automobile Tour.) 

Competition of dirigible balloons and automobiles, May 25th. 

Competitions of photographs taken from balloons or kites. 

Competition of photographs taken of balloons, aeroplanes or 
other aeronautical objects. 

Competition of photographs of meteorological phenomena. 
(Exhibits for Nos. 19, 20 and 21 to be ready April 26th, 
and continuing on exhibition throughout the Exposition.) 

Signalling competitions with balloons or kites, Oct. 12th. 

Hot air balloon competition, Oct. 5th. 

Dropping (harmless) shells nearest selected objective point 
or target. 

Competition for longest trip, open during Exposition. 


AERONAUTIC COMMITTEE OF THE JAMESTOWN 

EXPOSITION 

President. 

WILLIS L. MOORE. 

Secretary. 

ALBERT FRANCIS ZAHM. 

Honorary Advisory Committee. 

Harry St. George Tucker, Willis L. Moore, 

General James Allen, U. S. A., Octave Chanute. 


WILLIAM J. HAMMER—Chairman General Committee. 
ALBERT FRANCIS ZAHM—Secretary General Committee 
AUGUSTUS POST—Chairman Executive Committee. 
ERNEST LA RUE JONES—Secretary Executive Committee. 
CARL DIENSTBACH—Foreign Secretary. 

HON. CHAS. W. KOHLSAAT—Foreign Representative. 


GENERAL COMMITTEE 

WILLIAM J. HAMMER.Chairman 

ALBERT FRANCIS ZAHM.Secretary 


General James Allen, 

Frederick I. Allen, 

O. D. Batchelor, 

Emile Berliner, 

Nathaniel Beaman, 

Cortlandt Field Bishop, 

W. T. Brooke, 

E. B. Bronson, 

William H. Butler, 

Alfred N. Chandler, 

Capt. Chas. deForrest Chandler, 
Octave Chanute, 

Admiral C. M. Chester, 

W. E. Cottrell, 

Dr. David T. Day, 

Carl Dienstbach, 

Chas. Jerome Edwards, 

J. Taylor Ellyson, 

Oliver L. Fassig, 

Capt. P. V. Fournier, 

Charles J. Glidden, 

James J. Gray, 

Gilbert H. Grosvenor, 

William J. Hammer, 

Alan R. Hawley, 

A. M. Herring, 

Capt. Homer W. Hedge, 


Maj. Henry E. Hersey, 
Dr. J. A. Holmes, 

Colgate Hoyt, 

C. Brooks Johnston, 
Ernest La Rue Jones, 
Wilbur R. Kimball, 

Geo. N. Kingsbury, 

A. Roy Knabenshue, 
Hon. Chas. W. Kohlsaat, 
John W. Kohlsaat, 

Major Krebs, 

Lieut. Frank P. Lahm, 
Frank S. Lahm, 

Israel Ludlow, 

Alvah H. Martin. 

Charles M. Manly, 

Willis L. Moore, 

Robert Lee Morrell, 

Maj. C. J. S. Miller, 

J. C. McCoy, 

Dave H. Morris, 

Barton Myers, 

John F. O’Rourke, 

Prof. W. H. Pickering, 
Augustus Post, 

Maj. Samuel Reber, 
Richard Rathbun, 





Hon. Chas. S. Rolls, 

Prof. A. Lawrence Rotch, 
C. S. Sherwood, 

Robert H. Sexton, 

Alberto Santos-Dumont, 
G. T. Shepperd, 

T. S. Southgate, 

A. Leo Stevens, 

Dr. Julian P. Thomas, 
Prof. David P. Todd, 


Harry St. George Tucker, 
Samuel H. Valentine, 
Count Henri de la Vaulx, 
Charles D. Walcott, 
Orville Wright, 

Wilbur Wright, 

Charles Walsh, 

Albert Francis Zahm. 

T. J. Wool, 


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 


AUGUSTUS POST 
ERNEST LA RUE 

E. B. Bronson, 

Cortlandt Field Bishop, 

Alfred N. Chandler, 

Capt. Chas. deForrest Cl 
Admiral C. M. Chester, 

Carl Dienstbach, 

Chas. Jerome Edwards, 

Oliver L. Fassig, 

William J. Hammer, 

Alan R. Hawley, 

Capt. Homer W. Hedge, 

A. M. Herring, 

Ernest La Rue Jones, 

C. Brooks Johnston, 


.Chairman 

J ONES.Secretary 

Wilbur R. Kimball, 
George N. Kingsbury, 

J. C. McCoy, 

Charles M. Manly, 
Augustus Post, 

Major Samuel Reber, 
Hon. Chas. S. Rolls, 

A. Law'rence Rotch, 
Robert H. Sexton, 

T. S. Southgate, 

A. Leo Stevens, 

Orville Wright, 

Wilbur Wright, 

Albert Francis Zahm. 


TECHNICAL COMMITTEE. 

CHARLES M. MANLY, Aeronautical Engineer. . . .Chairman 

A. M. Herring, Mechanical Engineer, W. T. Brooke, Civil Engineer, 
William J. Hammer, Electrical Engineer. 


COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSES AND PROGRAMME. 

A. LAWRENCE ROTCH.Chairman 

O. D. Batchelor. T. J. Wool, 

J. Taylor Ellyson, Robert H. Sexton, 

Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Albert Francis Zahm. 

Octave Chanute, 

EXHIBITION COMMITTEE. 

RICHARD RATHBUN .Chairman 

T. S. Southgate, Israel Ludlow, 

Wilbur R. Kimball, Augustus Post. 

CONTEST COMMITTEE. 

CORTLANDT FIELD BISHOP,.Chairman 

Lieut. Frank P, Lahm, J. C. McCoy, 

Alan R. Hawley, Admiral C. M. Chester. 

A. Leo Stevens, 







BUILDING, GROUNDS AND GAS COMMITTEE. 

DR. DAVID T. DAY.Chairman 


C. S. Sherwood, 
Dr. J. A. Holmes, 


W. T. Brooke, 
W. E. Cottrell. 


METEORLOGICAL COMMITTEE. 

WILLIS L. MOORE.Chairman 


Prof. A. Lawrence Rotch, 
Prof. W. H. Pickering, 
James J. Gray, 


Oliver L. Fassig. 

Maj. Henry E. Hersey, 
Prof. David P. Todd, 


PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION COMMITTEE. 

CAPT. HOMER W. HEDGE.Chairman 

Barton Myers, Ernest La Rue Jones, 

G. T. Shepperd, 

FOREIGH COMMITTEE. 

Carl Dienstbach. 

Nathaniel Beaman, Octave Chanute. 


REPRESENTATIVES FROM ABROAD 

To be appointed by the foreign Aero Clubs. 





The Aero Club of America has held two exhibitions of aeronautic 
apparatus and the list of exhibits follows: 


JANUARY, 190 6 


Airships 


Balloons 


Flying 

Machines 


Leo Stevens, No. 3 

Santos-Dumont, No. 9 

Capt. Baldwin’s “California Arrow” 

Roy Knabenshue 

Carl E. Myers, “Tuxedo” 

Stevens’ “Aero Club No. 1” "| 

Parachute j- Leo Stevens 

Anchors, Ballast Bags, Baskets, etc. J 
Signal Balloon 
Maurice Mallet (Paris) 

Louis Goddard 

August Riedinger (Germany) 

Carl E. Myers, Basket 

Prof. Langley’s Steam Model 

Prof. Langley’s Gasolene Model, % size 

O. Chanute, Hargrave, Lilienthal, 15 Exhibits 

A. M. Herring, Gasolene Model and — Exhibits 

Emile Berliner, 2 Models 

Wilbur R. Kimball, 2 Models 

John Brisben Walker, Lilienthal Gliding Machine 
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, Man-carrying Kite, Tet¬ 
rahedral Kites 

Israel Ludlow, Man-carrying Kite, Models 
U. S. Patent Office Models 

W. H. Horstmann Co., 357 Broadway, Eddy Kites 


Scientific U. S. Weather Bureau, Automatic Recording Appa- 

I nstruments ratus 

A. F. Zahm, Aero-Dynamic Apparatus for Measuring 
Head Resistance of different forms and Skin Fric¬ 
tion 

Keuffel & Esser Co. 

DeForrest Wireless Signalling 
Prof. David Todd 

Prof. A. L. Rotch (Blue Hill Observatory) 

Carl E. Myers 


Motors* Etc. Hendee Mfg. Co., Springfield, Mass., 2-cylinder 

A. R. Mosler, Light Commutators and Coils 
Duryea Power Co. 

Curtis Mfg. Co. 

C. F. Splitdorf Co. 


Pictures William J. Hammer 

Sir Hiram Maxim 

U. S. War Department 

U. S. Weather Bureau 

Smithsonian Institution, Washington 

Cortlandt F. Bishop 

Emile Berliner 

Geo. G. Bain 

Count Zeppelin’s Newest Flugschiff 
Wright Brothers’ Flights 
Carl E. Myers 



AERO CLUB OF AMERICA—Ascensions made in the United States by Members in 1906 



DATE 

1906 

BALLOON 

CAR*Y 

CU. 

MTRS 

PILOT 

I 

Feb. 11 

Alouette 

550 

Charles Levee 

2 

Feb. 22 

Alouette 

3 e ° 

Charles Levee 

3 

Mar. 31 

Ludios 

53 ° 

Count Henri de la Vaulx 

4 

Apr. 2 

Orient 

1000 

Count Henri de la Vaulx 

s 

Apr. 3 


600 

Paul Nocquet 

6 

Apr. 11 

Orient 

1000 

Charles Levee 

7 

Apr. 18 

Centaure 

1630 

Count Henri de la Vaulx 

8 

Apr. 28 

Centaure 

1630 

Count Henri de la Vaulx 

9 

May 12 

Initial 

1000 

Charles Levee 

IO 

May 15 

You & I 

623 

Aeronaut Leo Stevens 

II 

May 21 

N’rvana 

1714 

Charles Levee 

12 

May 26 

Initial 

1000 

Charles Levee 

13 

June 17 

Nirvana 

1714 

Charles Levee 

14 

June 25 

Sky Lark 

510 

Aeronaut Leo Stevens 

I,s 

June 18 

Uncle Sam 

400 

A. Roy Knabenshue 

16 

July 8 

Uncle Sam 

400 

A. Roy Knabenshue 

17 

Tuly 11 

Nirvana 

1714 

Dr. Julian P. Thomas 

18 

July 16 

Centaure 

1630 

Aeronaut Leo Stevens 

19 

J»iy 19 

Nirvana 

1714 

Dr. Julian P. Thomas 

20 

July 22 


198 

A. Roy Knabenshue 

21 

July 28 

America 

400 

Charles Walsh 

22 

Aug. 5 

Nirvana 

1714 

Dr. Julian P. Thomas 

23 

Aug. 10 

Citv of 
Franklin 

637 

Aeronaut Leo Stevens 

24 

Aug. 11 

City of 
Franklin 

637 

Aeronaut Leo Stevens 

25 

Aug. 11 

City of 
Franklin 

637 

Aeronaut Leo Stevens 

26 

Aug. 26 

Nirvana 

1714 

Dr. Julian P. Thomas 

27 

Oct. 22 

Centaure 

1630 

Charles Walsh 

28 

Oct. 22 

Orient 

1000 

Aeronaut Leo Stevens 

29 

Oct. 31 

Nirvana 

1714 

Dr. Julian P. Thomas 

30 

Nov. 2 

Eagle 

5 io 

Aeronaut Leo Stevens 

31 

Nov. 3 

Centaure 

1630 

Aeronaut Leo Stevens 

32 

Nov. 9 

Orient 

1000 

J. C. McCoy 

33 

Nov. 25 

Initial 

1000 

Henry S. Gratz 


Companions 


Charles Levee 
Charles Levee & Dr. 
Julian P. Thomas 


Dr. and Mrs. Julian P. 
Thomas 

Augustus Post, A. M. 
Herring and Alvan R. 
Hawley 

Capt Homer W. Hedge 
and Charles Jerome 
Edwards 

Alfred N. Chandler and 
Henry S. Gratz 
Tracy Tisdell 


Dr. Julian P. Thomas 
Frederic C. Unger and 
Mr. Tuttle 

Dr. Julian P. Thomas 


Maj. C. J. S. Miller and 
Charles Levee 
Herbert A. Meldrum 
Mrs Knabenshue 
A. Roy Knabenshue 
Charles Levee and James 
H. Hare 


Mrs. Julian P. Thomas 
& A. Roy Knabenshue 


A. Roy Knabenshue 


Maj. C. J. S. Miller 


Mrs. C. J. S. Miller 


J. D. Thomas 


Mai. Samuel Reber, U.S. 
A., and Capt. Chas. 
de F. Chandler,U.S.A. 
Capt. Homer W. Hedge 


Lieut. S. M. Butler and 
Capt. Homer W. Hedge 
Alan R. Hawley 

Samuel J. Ottinger 


Finish 

KILOMTR 

STR’G’T 

LINE 

Hurley, N. Y. 

60 

Ramsey, N. J. 

8 

Peekskill, N. Y. 

11 

Glendale, L. I. 

11 

Jones Beach, L. I. 

45 

Somers, Conn. 

90 

North Colebrook 

52 

Ct. 


Waterville.Conn. 

97 

So. Amboy, N. Y. 

108 

Alpine, N. J. 

16 

Peekskill, N. Y. 

58 

Newtown, Pa. 

42 

Butternut, N. Y. 

241 

Woodhill, Pa. 

5 ° 

Silverdale, Can. 

50 

Flushing, L. I. 

IO 

Flatbush, L. I. 

18 

In Flushing Bay 

24 

Opp. Classon Pt. 


Woodcliff, N. J. 

26 

159th St. N. Y. 


E Norwalk Conn. 

58 

Brantrock.Mass. 

317 


Start 


West Point, N. Y. 
Hillburn, N. Y. 
West Point, N. Y. 
138th St. New York 

138th St. New York 

Pittsfield, Mass, 
Pittsfieif, Mass. 


Pittsfi 


I 

4 


Mass. 


Point Breeze, Phila., Pa. 
138th St. New York 


138th St. New York 
Point Breeze, Phila., Pa. 

138th St. New York 


Franklin, Pa. 

Buffalo, N. Y. 

159th St. New York 
138th St. New York 
Clifton, S. I N. Y. 


138th St. New York 

159th St New York 

138th St. New York 
138th St. New York 


Franklin, Pa. 

Franklin, Pa. 

Franklii Pa. 

138th Ne^' York 

Pittsfield^ Mass. 

Pittsfield Mass. 

Augustf • Ga. 

Pittsfield, Mass. 
Pittsfield Mass. 

Pittsfield, Mass. 

Point Breeze, Phila. Pa. 


Franklin, Pa. 

Franklin, Pa. 

Near Oil City Pa. 



I°3 

Oakland, N. Y. 

Bennington, Vt. 

68 

Jamacia, Vt. 

92 

Augusta, Ga. 

II 

Colbrooke, Conn. 

52 

Short Beach, Ct. 

137 

No. Adams, Mass. 

29 

Pleasantville, N.J. 

97 


REMARKS 


Gas very poor 
Strong wind 


Night trip. Balloon was blown out to sea, 
struck a counter current and returned 
about over the same path. Mr. Nocquet 
lost his life, after landing, through ex¬ 
haustion in his efforts to reach the main¬ 
land of Long Island. 


A sudden drop of 1524 metres in 5 minutes 
was made. 


Very strong wind—68 kilometres per hour 

Passing over Hudson River, the gas cooled 
and balloon struck the side of the Palisades 
and was torn. Aeronauts landed in the 
Hudson River. 

High wind 

Night trip. Passed through severe electric 
storm. Spent part of night in a tree and 
resumed journey with daylight. 15 hours 
in the air 

Hydrogen gas. Ascended 5900 metres 

Hydrogen gas 

Hydrogen gas 

Experimented with sea anchor 

Experimented with sea anchor which drag¬ 
ged balloon near water and with the poor 
gas used, balloon finally landed on the deck 
of a small sailing vessel 


Dirigible. Strong wind prevented long trip 
Only 15 minutes in air. Hydrogen gas used 

Night trip in fog. Landing made at 6 a. m. 
and aeronauts had breakfast. Ascended 
again at 6:30, making final landing at 11:30 
a. m. 14% hours in air. Heavy fog all night 
Half of entire distance over the waters of 
L. I. Sound and Narragansett Bay. 

Dirigible. Trial trip. 30 minutes in air 
Trouble with motor. 4.83 kilometers 
traveled. 

Dirigible. Second trip, 
altitude of 300 metres. 

4.02 kilometres traveled. 

Dirigible. Third trip. Made at night, 
air 2 hours. 12.07 kilometres traveled. 

Made first landing at Beemersville, N. J. 
and spent night. Resumed journey in the 
morning. 


Motor stopped at 
In air 45 minutes. 


In 


Ascent made without basket and with but 
one bag of ballast. Large hole in envelope 
when start was made. Traveled short 
distance only. Strong wind 

Night trip 

Most of trip after dark 

Aero-Auto Cup won by Cortlandt Field 
Bishop 

Passed over Automobile Races at Pt. Breeze 


NOTE - —Many flights have been made abroad by club members, of which no account 
has been taken here) among them, Messrs, Cortlandt Field Bishop, Charles 
Walsh, J C. McCoy, William J. Hammer, William Henry Hall, Lieut. Frank P. 
Lahm, Frank S. Lahm, A. Lawrence Rotch, Newbold Le Roy Edgar, Alberto 
Santos Dumont, Count Henri de la Vaulx; In qualifying for pilot’s license from 
the Aero Club of France, Mr. McCoy made io trips, 8 with Lieutenant Lahm 

and 2 alone. . . . „ „, . , 

Seven members have made free flights in the United States in dirigibles 
and aeroplanes—Messrs. Wright Brothers, Stevens, G. L. Bumbaugh, A. Roy 
Knabenshue, Thomas S. Baldwin, Major C. J. S. Miller, Records of all of these 
flights have not yet been compiled. 


RESUME:- 

Ascensions of Record made by members in the United States .. 33 

Cubic metres of coal gas consumed.. S 0 ^ 11 

Cubic metres of hydrogen gas consumed . 3 , 4 J 9 

Kilometres traveled (straight line) in balloons (not dirigibles). 1,981 

Passengers carried, exclusive of pilots. 37 
































































Literature U. S. Patent Office, Complete Patents 

Smithsonian Institute 
O. Chanute 

Periodicals and Books from France and Germany 
Propellers Carl E. Myers, Propeller of his “Sky Cycle’’ 
Accessories John Boyle, Model Balloon House and Supplies 

J. Deltour, Bamboo 

W. A. Augur, 23 Fulton Street, Net and Twine 
Shelby Tube Co., Light Tubing 


DECEMBER, 1906 

Airships Aeronaut Leo Stevens, 282 Ninth Ave., New York— 

“Stevens IV.” 

Edward C. Boyce, 302 Broadway, New York—“San- 
tos-Dumont No. 9” 

Capt. Thos. S. Baldwin, Hotel Churchill, 14th St. and 
Broadway, New York—“California Arrow” 

Dr. Julian P. Thomas, 172 West 72d St., New York 
Miss E. L. Todd, 131 West 23d Street, New York— 
model in motion 

Club BalloousQrient and Centaure 


Private 

Balloons 


Flying 

Machines 


Dr. Julian P. Thomas, 172 West 72d St., New York— 
“Nirvana” 

Alfred N. Chandler, 111 Broadway, New York— 
“Initial” 

Lieut. Frank P. Lahm, 2 Rue Gambetta, Saumur, 
France—“United States” 

A. Leo Stevens, 282 Ninth Ave., New York—“You & 
I,” “Sky Lark,” “Grand Air,” Car of “Klondike” 
balloon, 90,000 cubic feet capacity 
August Riedinger, Augsburg, Germany—Drachen bal¬ 
loon and models 

Hon. Chas. S. Rolls, London, England—small car and 
paraphernalia made by Short Bros., London 

G. Curtis Gillespie, 7 Warren St., New York—full- 
sized machine; large model; the Amos Drew flap¬ 
ping machine, full size 

A. Roy Knabenshue, 133 Melrose Ave., Toledo, Ohio 
—part of aeroplane framework and motor 
Israel Ludlow, 110 West 84th Street, New York— 
models 

Frank Barnett, 3023 E. 20th St., Kansas City, Mo.— 
models and books 

A. W. Barnard, Ridgewood, N. J.—Models and 
photos 

Henry Rodemeyer, 18 5 Terrace Ave., Jersey City 
Heights, N. J.—flapping wing machine 
Miss E. L. Todd, 131 West 2 3d St., New York—large 
model Aeroplane with electric motor 
Wilbur R. Kimball, 140 West 91st St., New York— 
models and helicopteres 
Carl Hartman, Winfield Junction, N. Y.—models 
Gustave Whitehead, Bridgeport, Conn.—motor of 
flapping wing machine 

William A. Eddy, 88 W. 36th St., Bayonne, N. J.— 
aeroplane model 

Stuart Reid, 144 W. 141st St., New York—model 
Carl Dienstbach, 9 E. 119th St., New York—full sized 
helicoptere 

Dr. Julian P. Thomas, 172 W. 72d St., New York 



Scientific 

Instruments 


Airships 

Machinery 

Motors 


Photographs* 

Literature, 

(She. 


Kites 


J. C. McCoy, Waldorf-Astoria, New York 
Ernest H. DuVivier, 14 Church St., New York—Jules 
Richard instruments 

Arden & Co., 2024 Valentine Ave., New York—wire¬ 
less apparatus 

Harry E. Dey, 30 9 Arlington Ave., Jersey City, N. J.— 
86 lb. 7 y 2 H.P. motor 

Gustave Whitehead, Bridgeport, Conn.—light motors 
Wright Brothers, Dayton, Ohio—new model motor 
for their aeroplane 

A. Leo Stevens, 282 Ninth Ave., New York—4 cylin¬ 
der 40 H.P. air cooled motor, 240 lbs. 

G. H. Curtiss Mfg. Co., Hammondsport, N. Y.—3 
H.P. single cylinder motor; 7 H.P. double cylinder; 
15 H.P. 4 cylinder; 30 H.P. 8 cylinder motors; air 
cooled 

D. Hoffman, 1239 Madison Ave., New York—alumi¬ 
num castings 

Ovington Motor Co., 2384 Broadway, New York—4 
cylinder 56 lb. engine 

Carl G. Fisher, 330 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis, Ind.— 
12 H.P. 4 cylinder air cooled motor, 87 lbs. 

J. W. Tygard, 4 9 Warren St., New York—3 airship 
engines 

Thomas G. Washburn, Tremont Bldg., Boston, Mass. 

—new 4 cylinder air cooled motor 
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.—engine 
of Langley machine 

Aero Club of America—moving pictures Gordon- 
Bennett Aeronautic Cup Race; Santos-Dumont air¬ 
ship; Santos-Dumont new aeroplane; Archdeacon 
aeroplane; Lebaudy airship; Ludlow aeroplane 
Lebaudy airship; Ludlow aeroplane 
George Grantham Bain, Park Row Bldg., New York 
—rare photographs 

Edward Durant, 115 East 26th St., New York 
William J. Hammer, 153 West 46th St., New York— 
aeronautical pictures 

John Franklin Cameron, 530 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, 

N. Y. 

Prof. A. Lawrence Rotch, Blue Hill Observatory,Hyde 
Park, Mass.—map of routes taken by experimental 
balloons sent up during Saint Louis Exposition 
James H. Hare (Collier’s Weekly), 416 East 13th 
St., New York—photographs of lower Manhattan 
Island taken from a balloon 
Lieut. Frank P. Lahm, 2 Rue Gambetta, Saumur, 
France 

A. L. Helwig, 1 Rue de Laborde, Paris, France 
Aero Club of America 

Joseph A. Blondin, 419 W. 10th St., Kansas City, Mo. 

Henry Rodemeyer, 185 Terrace Ave., Jersey City 
Heights, N. J. 

Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, 1331 Connecticut Ave., 
Washington, D. C. 

William A. Eddy, 88 West 36th St., Bayonne, N. J. 

E. I. Horsman Co., 365 Broadway, New York 


Aerial 

Propellers 


Carl Hartman, Winfield Junction, N. Y. 

Thomas G. Washburn, Tremont Bldg., Boston, Mass. 
Alexander V. Wilson, Bar Harbor, Me. 

Dr. Julian P. Thomas, 172 W. 72d St., New York 

Aero Wagons Prof. W. H. Pickering, Harvard University, Cam- 
and Cycles bridge, Mass. 

Gustave Whitehead, 241 Pine St., Bridgeport, Conn. 

Hydrogen GasDr. Julian P. Thomas, 172 West 72d St., New York— 
Apparatus model plant 

Cups and Gordon-Bennett International Aeronautic Cup 

Trophies Aero-Auto Cup offered by Alan R. Hawley and won 

by Cortlandt F. Bishop 
Design for Lahm Cup 


THE LAHM AERONAUTIC CUP. 

The Aero Club of America offers the Lahm Cup, of the value of 
about $1200, open to ^aerostats, aeronauts and aeronefs, for the long¬ 
est continuous trip made in the United States. The first winner must 
exceed 648 kilometres (402.64 miles). Due notice of a proposed at¬ 
tempt to win this cup must be given to the Contest Committee by 
telegraph or registered letter. Distance will be measured in a straight 
line from point of ascent to point of descent. Place of descent must 
be properly certified to by witnesses. A set of rules and regulations 
is in course of preparation. 

♦Aerostats—balloons; aeronauts—dirigible balloons; aeronefs—all 
other aerial navigators. 

AERONAUTIC PRIZES OFFERED TO DATE. 

LE MATIN, PARIS: $50,000, Paris to London in 1908; 217 miles 
in less than 24 hours. Open to dirigible balloons, or heavier than air 
machines. 

DAILY MAIL, LONDON: $50,000, London to Manchester; 161 
miles. Open only to heavier than air machines owned by members 
of a recognized aero club. 

THE CAR, LONDON: (1) $2,500 (trophy) annually to aeronaut 
who flies longest distance in United Kingdom without touching ground 
in a self-propelled, heavier-than-air machine. (2) $25 a mile for 
every mile successfully accomplished in the Daily Mail competition 
by the machine which completes the longest distance without touch¬ 
ing ground, provided at least 25 miles is covered. 

ADAMS MANUFACTURING CO., LONDON: $10,000 for any 
aeroplane that wins the Daily Mail flight, provided it is entirely manu¬ 
factured in Great Britain, or its dependencies. 

AUTOCAR, LONDON: $2,500 in same connection, provided en¬ 
gine used in the successful aeroplane is made by a British motor car 
manufacturer. 



DAILY GRAPHIC, LONDON: $5,000 to the inventor who pro¬ 
duces a heavier-than-air machine which will carry one or more per¬ 
sons through the air from one point to another, not less than a mile 
distant. 

J. NORTON GRIFFITHS: Challenge Cup to winner of Daily Mail 
race. 

BROOKLAND AUTOMOBILE RACING CLUB: $12,500 to the 
aeronaut who is successful in flying around the Weybridge track, 
without touching ground from start to finish, at a height of 30 to 50 
feet from the ground. 

RUINART PERE & FILS: $2,500 to the first aeroplane to fly 
from French shore to English shore or vice versa. From Cape Gris- 
Nez to Dover, is about 19 miles. 

SOCIETIE DES BAINS DE MER D’OSTENDE: $40,000 to any 
flying machine or dirigible to go from Ostend to Paris in 24 hours; 
distance 186 miles. 

HENRY DEUTSCH, PARIS: $14,000 (trophy) to any flying ma¬ 
chine or dirigible to cover course as follows: St. Germain, Senlis, 
Meaux, Melun & St. Germain; 124 miles. Open only to members of 
Federation Aeronautique Internationale. Can stop and fill up with 
fuel. 

DEUTSCH-ARCHDEACON PARIS: $10,000 to heavier-than 
air machines who accomplish closed circut of .62 miles without touch¬ 
ing ground. 

DAILY MAIL, LONDON: $1,250 for three best models of 
heavier-than-air machines exhibited at Exhibition, London, April 13, 
1907. 

BARNUM & BAILEY: $10,000 for the purchase of a heavier- 
than-air machine to be used daily. 

N. PEPIN: $200 for heavier-than-air machines, conditions to be 
issued later. 

FRANK HEDGES BUTLER, LONDON: Challenge Cup for the 
longest distance covered by aeroplanes or balloons starting from Lon¬ 
don on a given date. 

HOWARD DE WALDEN PRIZE: Offered for a type heavier 
than air. 

SIR DAVID SALOMONS CUP: For a heavier-than-air type. 

GORDON-BENNETT INTERNATIONAL AERONAUTIC CUP: 
International contest for balloons open to Clubs only, belonging to the 
Federation. 

LAHM CUP: Offered by the Aero Club of America to members of 
any aero club in the world for longest distance covered by balloons in 
the United States. 

NEW AERONAUTIC HANDBOOK. 

The Aero Club of America is about to publish a comprehensive 
volume, giving the status of aeronautics in the United States at the 
close of the year 1906. The subjects thus far secured follow: 


“The Relation of Weight, Speed and Power of Flyers,” by Wilbur 
and Orville Wright. 

“Statement of Witnesses and Corroboration of the Flight by Aero¬ 
plane of the Wright Brothers,” by Howard M. Myers, Henry and 
Charles Webbert. 

“Aerial High Speed,” by Prof. David P. Todd, Director of the 
Amherst College Observatory. 

“Aeronautics,” by Carl Dienstbach. 

“Early Aeronautical and Meteorlogical Investigations,” by Prof. 
T. S. C. Lowe, Chief of the Aeronautic Corps during the Civil War. 

“Experiences of Traveling in a Balloon Over Mountains and Rivers 
and Making a Safe Landing,” by Augustus Post. 

“Notes of Progress in the Construction of an Aerodrome,” by Dr. 
Alexander Graham Bell. 

“A Discussion of Dr. Bell’s Paper,” by Charles M. Manly and 
A. P. Zahm. 

“A Personal Account of the Gordon-Bennett Cup Race in 1906,” 
by Lieut. Frank P. Lahm. 

“Flying Machines,” by Octave Chanute. 

“Experiments With Kite-Sustained Aeroplanes,” by William A. 
Eddy. 

“How to Fly as a Bird,” by John P. Holland. 

“Aerial Propellers,” by Prof. W. H. Pickering, of Harvard Uni¬ 
versity. 

“Exploring the Upper Air,” by A. Lawrence Rotch, Director of 
the U. S. Observatory at Blue Hill, Mass. 

“Use of Kites and Balloons in the U. S. Weather Bureau,” by 
Oliver L. Fassig, Ph. D., Research Director of the U. S. Weather 
Bureau. 

“Air Resistance,” by Prof. Albert Francis Zahm, of the Catholic 
University of America. 

“Experimental Flights With a Man-Carrying Aeroplane,” by Israel 
Ludlow. 

“Ballooning,” by A. Leo Stevens. 

“The Aero Club of America,” by Cortlandt Field Bishop. 

On account of the Gordon-Bennett Aeronautic Cup Race being 
held in the United States in 1907 under the auspices of the Aero Club 
of America, there will be many distinguished aeronautic enthusiasts 
from abroad in this country and it being quite probable that they will 
assemble at Jamestown, we think it a very suitable occasion to have 
a meeting or gathering on a certain date to discuss the subject of 
aerial navigation. 


EXHIBITS AT JAMESTOWN 


Materials for the construction of balloons, dirigibles and flying 
machines. 

Passenger balloons. 

Captive balloons. 

Dirigible balloons. 

Baskets, nets, guide ropes, anchors, sand bags, valves and para¬ 
phernalia. 

Flying machines (heavier than air)—Aeroplanes, helicopteres, 
flapping-wing machines, man-power machines, etc. 

Motors for aeronautic purposes. 

Propellers, rudders, guiding devices, etc. 

Gas-producing apparatus for hydrogen and coal gas. 

Meteorlogical instruments—thermometers, hygrometers, barome¬ 
ters, statoscopes, etc. 

Pilot balloons. 

Registering balloons and special instruments. 

Parachutes. 

Carrier pigeons, baskets, methods of attaching messages, etc. 

Kites—man-carrying, Malay, tailless, Hargrave, Blue Hill, Tetra¬ 
hedral, etc. 

Megaphones, speaking trumpets, etc. 

Signal flags, signal lights, electric, pyrotechnic, etc. 

Photographing apparatus for taking photographs from balloons, 
kites, pilot balloons, etc. 

Signalling outfits for balloon signalling—heliographs, heliostats, 
wireless telegraph. 

Wagons, cycles, sleighs, boats propelled by aerial propellers. 

Aeronautical models and toys. 

Aeronautical pictures. 

Aeronautical maps. 

Telephone equipment for military observations. 

Pictures, plans and models of aerodromes, balloon sheds, etc. 

Rules for competition are in course of preparation and will be 
sent on request. 



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